Draft of talk, for comment 11 May 201915 May 2019 I will be presenting this talk in Brisbane in a few weeks. Have a look and make suggestions. [embeddoc url=”https://evolvingthoughts.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/How_Would_Darwin_Classify-Handout-1.pdf” width=”100%” download=”all” viewer=”google”] History Natural Classification Species and systematics Systematics
Epistemology The use of history by philosophers 28 Aug 2009 So I was doing my usual schtick of criticising the use of history by a philosopher (in this case a French philosopher named Canguilhem), when I was asked the following question by one Lenny Moss: “So who do you think uses history properly in philosophy?” I flapped my mouth a… Read More
History What is a species? 29 May 2008 If somebody asked me to write a short essay giving an overview of my favourite topic, the nature of species, I doubt that I could. I can write a long essay on it (in fact, several) but it would be excruciatingly hard to write a short one. For that, we… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Apes and evolution in the news 19 Jun 20094 Oct 2017 So there are a couple of interesting developments about fossil apes. One is the retraction by the author of the claim 14 years ago to have found a jaw bone that was evidence of Homo habilis, a precursor species (arguably) of H erectus, in a recent Nature. Previously he and… Read More